Job: Operations Director
A job exists that requires more than most of us can imagine. It fact, it could be considered the most important job of all. It's part finance and part operations. It requires experience in medicine,...
View ArticleAprons, flowers and pearls. A story for another day.
He looked me in the eyes with a disappointment that I hadn’t seen before and said, “You’re breaking your mother’s heart.” There was strength in his voice and a glistening dampness in his eyes when he...
View ArticleIt's Not About The Popcorn
Some memories are just tiny pieces of inconsequential experiences. One that comes to mind for me is about my dad and popcorn nights. No kidding! When I was a kid popcorn didn't come out of a bag,...
View ArticleNew Beginning with Healthy Edge
Dear friends, family, and readers of my blog who occasionally stop by to see how my journey to a healthier life has progressed,You may remember how the journey began a little more than three years ago....
View ArticleOwn Your Own Life
For nearly twenty-five years – the majority of my career - I envisioned myself in a role atop a growing and successful company. I knew what to do and how to do it, but the pace and momentum of my...
View ArticleCourage and Confidence Emerges
As I moved into week three of my new nutrition program I was feeling more and more confident with the routine and had less of a need to check the recommended schedule to remember what to use at...
View ArticleThanksgiving Reflections
Thanksgiving eve thoughts and reflections. I've got so much to be grateful for! A friend who, after 40 years, had the courage to call me. A family that unconditionally loves and forgives me. A home...
View ArticleRealizations and understandings
When I finished my first month of using a newly discovered nutrition program, I realized how much better I was feeling. Not just the weight loss, but the energy and absence of those stubborn aches and...
View ArticleWhy wait? Yesterday you said tomorrow!
Three months have passed since Cindy and I started our Isagenix journey. I remember considering the invitation that Brenda had extended to us for several months before we finally said "YES!" The truth...
View ArticleDiet starts with D-I-E. Not a good way to live!
There are times in life when who you're with and where you are are far more important than what you are doing. Those can be the times of special memories. Those are the days and the moments that we'll...
View ArticleExperiencing a transformtaion.
It was about this time last year that I recommitted to what would become the third year of a journey toward a healthier life. For the majority of that time I was focused on moving more and eating...
View ArticleA Movember To Remember
T The mustache growing month for raising awareness and money to "change the face of men's health" is underway and the hard to see fuzz growing on my upper lip is gaining length. This year - while...
View ArticleThe First 10 Days
It's been ten days since my new urologist, Dr. Marquez, confirmed what we both suspected. That was the day he told Cindy and I that the biopsy he'd performed confirmed that I have prostate cancer. It...
View ArticleSo Many Choices - Prostate Cancer
I'm finding that there are a lot of opinions and a lot of treatment options when it comes to prostate cancer. Talk to the men who have been through it and you frequently hear the enthusiasm that each...
View ArticleMovember Apple Cup Challenge
Happy Thanksgiving Coug and Dawg Fans. I'm thankful for all of you (even the ones that wear purple and gold). I have a few days left in Movember and I'm less than $400 away from the $5000 fundraising...
View ArticleMovember Monday - Talking Radiation
When Movember officially ends (Monday, Movember 30th) my search for the most appropriate treatment for prostate cancer really ramps up. I'll be meeting with five specialists during the coming week and...
View ArticleForget Cancer
There are times when a person forgets that he has prostate cancer. It happens when he's out shopping for his wife's Christmas present; when he's picking his son and granddaughter up at the airport;...
View ArticleBut the greatest of these is LOVE
In just twenty minutes Cindy and I will leave home and head for the UW Medical Center. We are scheduled to check in at 10:00 with a prostectomy beginning at 11:30. I'm all set and decided to take these...
View ArticleRecovery - Five Days After Surgery
It's been five days since I was wheeled into surgery to have prostate cancer removed from my body. The SCCA medical team - working at the University of Washington Medical Center - did an excellent job...
View ArticleAn open letter for family and friends
Just a few days ago I wrote the following letter to my children and family. I like to keep them informed about how I'm doing, just as I like to know when there is something in one of their lives that...
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